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. >> when it comes to the fiscal cliff that's threatening our economy and threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week. >> reporter: this morning in his weekly address, president obama is holding a hard line on raising rates for the wealthy. >> and if we're serious about protecting middle class families, then we're also go to have to ask the wealthiest americans to pay higher tax rates. that's one principle i won't compromise on. >> reporter: but how much higher could be the key to compromise. the top tax rate is set to rise from 35 to 39.6% on january 1st. when asked if a middle ground could be found, both boehner and bide enshowed wiggle room. >> the top brackets have to go up. this is not a negotiatiable issue. theoretically we could negotiate how far up. >> at a local restaurant, the owner has seen enough of washington gridlock. >> i wish those lawmakers would get their acts together and get it done and try to help everybody. it would be good if they could do it before the holidays are over. >> reporter: she said it, alex. now john boehner after that comment yesterday
. >> when it comes to the fiscal cliff that's threatening our economy and threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week. >> reporter: this morning in his weekly address, president obama is holding a hard line on raising rates for the wealthy. >> and if we're serious about protecting middle class families, then we're also go to have to ask the wealthiest americans to pay higher tax rates. that's one principle i won't compromise on. >> reporter: but how much...
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levers or mark those ballots come november 6, when it comes to the fiscal cliff, on what are you willing to compromise? >> look. i don't think that there's any reason why america should go over a fiscal cliff. but look at the spending. we need to cut out these wars period. we need to end in every possible way bush tax cuts that accelerated wealth to the top. and we also need to do something about the trade deficit getting ready with a new trade agreement that will even be worse like nafta on steroids. we have to do something about the trade deficit which has created a threat of undermining the american economy because our trade deals, never have human rights, workers rights or environmental policy principles. is why corporations have gone abroad, taken millions of jobs out of america. i don't know why this isn't a debate in this election frankly. >> what about entitlements? how do you cut them? and do you do so? do you have to do so to ensure the survival of medicare? >> look. medicare part b that was where a big giveaway, billions of dollars to drug companies. you want to save medicare?
levers or mark those ballots come november 6, when it comes to the fiscal cliff, on what are you willing to compromise? >> look. i don't think that there's any reason why america should go over a fiscal cliff. but look at the spending. we need to cut out these wars period. we need to end in every possible way bush tax cuts that accelerated wealth to the top. and we also need to do something about the trade deficit getting ready with a new trade agreement that will even be worse like nafta...
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meanwhile on capitol hill, the so-called fiscal cliff approaches. there are some new numbers that reflect how massive the automatic budget cuts could be. if congress does not act before the beginning of the year, most defense programs face a 9.4% cut. while most domestic programs face cuts of 8.2%. joining me now, reporter for the "washington post" and national political reporter for the atlantic. thanks for joining me. david, i'll begin with you. as the house plans to wrap up work next week, it's canceled all of its october sessions. obviously going to have to tackle this fiscal cliff, this threat, after the election. so is that going to happen? >> well, time is running out. i think all eyes are on the november 6 election. what president obama has been saying to voters is look, we have these problems facing our country. send a message. re-elect me. he hopes to get sort of a bump from that. i think the other side feels the same way, that the electorate wit sort of tell congress where it stands. you're likely to have a divided congress after the elec
meanwhile on capitol hill, the so-called fiscal cliff approaches. there are some new numbers that reflect how massive the automatic budget cuts could be. if congress does not act before the beginning of the year, most defense programs face a 9.4% cut. while most domestic programs face cuts of 8.2%. joining me now, reporter for the "washington post" and national political reporter for the atlantic. thanks for joining me. david, i'll begin with you. as the house plans to wrap up work...
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economy. the fiscal cliff is not theoretical. it is a real problem. it has to be dealt with and the only path is bipartisanship. >> you write administration officials tell you president obama is hungry to move to the center. do you think congress is willing to meet him there? >> i think republicans have gun to internalize the election. they thought the president could be defeated in a bad economic climate. that didn't happen. the house majority in the house smaller. the senate minority is smaller and they didn't whip the presidency. so there are real factors. and you can say that the country is still nominally conservativc, but on the big question of finding more revenue, the country said yes. now we just have to decide under what semantic umbrella do we raise more revenue. higher rates, republicans say no. tax reform, republicans are giving a green light. everyone has to figure out how to get into that or under that semantic umbrella and make things happen. >> one of the criticisms of the president is that he spent so much of his early part of the fi
economy. the fiscal cliff is not theoretical. it is a real problem. it has to be dealt with and the only path is bipartisanship. >> you write administration officials tell you president obama is hungry to move to the center. do you think congress is willing to meet him there? >> i think republicans have gun to internalize the election. they thought the president could be defeated in a bad economic climate. that didn't happen. the house majority in the house smaller. the senate...
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. >> president obama also talking about avoiding the fiscal cliff which would trigger tax hikes and spending cuts two short months from now. he says he wants to work with congressional republicans on it. >> i've said to folks, i'll go to capitol hill. i'll wash john boehner's car. i'll walk mitch mcconnell's dog. i'll do whatever is required to get this done. >> president obama heads to new hampshire a bit later today for a stop in nashua. vice president biden is scheduled to hold an event in lynch burg, virginia. >>> now we go to ohio where nbc's ron mott is on that bus tour with paul ryan. hello to you ron again. where are you in the many stops on that bus tour today? >> reporter: hey there, alex. i've got to get my back stretched out. we've got five stops as you mentioned here today. three more tomorrow. eight in total. 400 plus miles over the next two days with paul ryan. right now we're in janesville, ohio. just wrapping up a speech here. a lot of people are wondering why so much attention on ohio? this state may be the one that decides who wins this election. it's probably more importa
. >> president obama also talking about avoiding the fiscal cliff which would trigger tax hikes and spending cuts two short months from now. he says he wants to work with congressional republicans on it. >> i've said to folks, i'll go to capitol hill. i'll wash john boehner's car. i'll walk mitch mcconnell's dog. i'll do whatever is required to get this done. >> president obama heads to new hampshire a bit later today for a stop in nashua. vice president biden is scheduled to...
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january 1st the fiscal cliff could have a big impact on your pocketbook and the economy. the lady whom we've just established is my home to us congresswoman up until now. with a good day to you. before we discuss the fiscal cliff i do want to ask you about david petraeus. you serve on the foreign affairs committee. what do you make of all this? >> well, i think it's just really sad for somebody that has had such an exemplary record to go down and leave in this way, i think it's sad. but we do have to look at his career as a whole and not the failure of this last incident. >> do you agree with senator diane feinstein that petraeus's resignation was regrettable? or does the fbi investigation at all change that? >> well, i do think it was regrettable. but i also think that it was necessary. and who knows what the outcome of this will be? but with the issue of such importance as national security and whether or not that was compromised, i do think it was necessary. >> okay. from there, ma'am, we're going to go back to the economy. are we going to go over the fiscal cliff? >>
january 1st the fiscal cliff could have a big impact on your pocketbook and the economy. the lady whom we've just established is my home to us congresswoman up until now. with a good day to you. before we discuss the fiscal cliff i do want to ask you about david petraeus. you serve on the foreign affairs committee. what do you make of all this? >> well, i think it's just really sad for somebody that has had such an exemplary record to go down and leave in this way, i think it's sad. but...
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the other is the fiscal cliff we keep hearing about big decisions made in washington. that explains why businesses are not hiring and why consumers are not spending much money. everybody is a little freaked out what is coming. >> okay. i'm trying to get some kind of a positive spin on this. we did see 80,000 jobs in the private sector. doesn't that also indicate that as much as it can turn downward quickly, it can turn back the upside quickly? >> it can, but i don't think it is likely to happen until business leaders in particular start to feel better about the future, just no reason to think that is likely to happen until the leeks is over and we know what is going to happen in washington. this becomes a big and bicker factor the closer we get to the end of the year. >> you are telling me that congress' vole pretty significant in this. >> getting bigger. kind of the worst case scenario, the last thing you want the economy to be dependent on is what needs to happen in congress and business leaders know this. they know what happened last year when we hit the borough --
the other is the fiscal cliff we keep hearing about big decisions made in washington. that explains why businesses are not hiring and why consumers are not spending much money. everybody is a little freaked out what is coming. >> okay. i'm trying to get some kind of a positive spin on this. we did see 80,000 jobs in the private sector. doesn't that also indicate that as much as it can turn downward quickly, it can turn back the upside quickly? >> it can, but i don't think it is...
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we're going hit the fiscal cliff. we'll hit the debt ceiling and businesses in our economy will not be able to recover because both sides are very polarized. >> we talked about spending cuts and we don't seem like we are now. this is a pretty small deal and that's not a consideration and we have to get past next tuesday. >> the biggest danger here is the debt ceiling is not included and that would be a great thing for the country to not have another deadline pending with more doomsday scenarios. the debt ceiling is almost guaranteed not to be in this deal and that's something that i thought would be initially and something president obama pushed for. now we have the same scenario in february again and this is very exhausting to americans to see this deadline pressure in washington. >> blake, do this quickly for me, here. we are kicking the can down the road. just how far down the road is it being kicked in this deal? >> what perry said is exactly right and another reason why progressives should be concerned which is w
we're going hit the fiscal cliff. we'll hit the debt ceiling and businesses in our economy will not be able to recover because both sides are very polarized. >> we talked about spending cuts and we don't seem like we are now. this is a pretty small deal and that's not a consideration and we have to get past next tuesday. >> the biggest danger here is the debt ceiling is not included and that would be a great thing for the country to not have another deadline pending with more...
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thanks, guys. >>> in just a few minutes an inside look at the fiscal cliff fight on capitol hill. i'll speak with a member of the senate committees on finance and the budget. maryland democrat benjamin harden. >>> nbc news confirms nfl linebacker joe von belcher is suspected of committing a murder suicide. police say the 25-year-old member of the kansas city chiefs killed his girlfriend at her home before then driving to arrowhead stadium. and that is where team officials tried talking to belcher. police describe what happened next as the officers closed in. >> when the officers arrived, when they were pulling up they actually observed a blackmail who had a gun to his head. he was talking to a couple of coaches out in the parking lot, as officers pulled up and began to park that's when they heard the gunshot. it appears the individual took his own life. >> our nbc affiliate says belcher and his girlfriend had a 3-month-old old child now in family custody. what a tragedy there. >>> we also have breaking news from florida. that is where police are interviewing the bus driver who cau
thanks, guys. >>> in just a few minutes an inside look at the fiscal cliff fight on capitol hill. i'll speak with a member of the senate committees on finance and the budget. maryland democrat benjamin harden. >>> nbc news confirms nfl linebacker joe von belcher is suspected of committing a murder suicide. police say the 25-year-old member of the kansas city chiefs killed his girlfriend at her home before then driving to arrowhead stadium. and that is where team officials...